Denver, Boulder and Western Railway Historic District · Photo: Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0Nederland has higher household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Nederland are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Poverty touches 2.7% of residents, against 9.4% across Colorado. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 21.6 in Boulder.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Nederland
A lot of Nederland works from home
45% of Nederland workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. Time on the road ↓
Nederland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Nederland went from 431 in 2013 to 648 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Nederland pay little
26% of the jobs based in Nederland pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Nederland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Nederland is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nederland’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Nederland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nederland could be anywhere from B to A−.
About 27 minutes each way for Nederland’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nederland workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 commuters (the 45% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Nederland: what the 648 are
648 jobs are based in Nederland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nederland, 2013 → 2023: 431 → 648. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nederland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Nederland
On a workday 544 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Boulder
Where Nederland clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far it is to work from Nederland
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Nederland is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nederland is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 6.4% across Colorado, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 907 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Nederland households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nederland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nederland places 970th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 386 | Aetna Estates CO | 1,010 | $75K | 1.1% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 690 | Perry Park CO | 1,570 | $158K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 968 | White River Township MI | 1,416 | $110K | 4.0% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 969 | Elizabeth Lake CA | 1,840 | $120K | 5.8% | 9.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 970 | Nederland CO | 1,463 | $123K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 12% | B+ |
| 971 | New Windsor MD | 1,749 | $111K | 10.7% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 972 | Guilford Township IL | 1,519 | $116K | 2.7% | 2.2% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nederland, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Nederland: questions
What is the median household income in Nederland?
$122,917 (±$17,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nederland?
2.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nederland?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 45% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nederland work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (19%, 14 mi), Denver (14%, 36 mi), Aurora (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nederland walkable?
Nederland is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nederland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nederland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nederland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.